1 Kings 1:5-18

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Adonijah <0138> [Adonijah.]

<04984> [exalted.]

king <04427> [I will.]

king <04427> [be king. Heb. reign. and he.]

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corrected <06087> [had not.]

<03117> [at any time. Heb. from his days. very.]

born ... after <03205 0310> [bare him.]

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collaborated <01697> [And he conferred. Heb. his words were.]

Joab <03097> [Joab.]

Abiathar <054> [Abiathar.]

supported him <0138 05826 0310> [following Adonijah helped him. Heb. helped after Adonijah.]

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Zadok <06659> [Zadok.]

Nathan <05416> [Nathan.]

Shimei <08096> [Shimei.]

warriors <01368> [the mighty.]

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Adonijah <0138> [Adonijah.]

The Oriental banquet, in consequence of the intense heat, is often spread upon the verdant turf, beneath the shade of a tree, where the streaming rivulet supplies the company with wholesome water, and excites a gentle breeze to cool their burning temples.

sacrificed <02076> [slew.]

En Rogel <05883> [En-rogel. or, the well Rogel.]

invited <07121> [called.]

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Nathan <05416> [Nathan.]

Adonijah <0138> [Adonijah.]

Haggith's <02294> [Haggith.]

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<03289> [let me.]

save <04422> [save.]

life ...... life <05315> [the life.]

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Surely <03588> [Assuredly.]

sit <03427> [sit.]

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arrive <0935> [I also.]

verify <04390> [confirm. Heb. fill up.]

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very old <02204 03966> [very old.]

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bowed down on <06915> [bowed.]

king ... king <04428> [And the.]

[What wouldest thou? Heb. What to thee?]

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master <0113> [My lord.]

swore <07650> [thou swarest.]

It is not recorded when or upon what occasion David sware to Bathsheba that Solomon should succeed him; but it is supposed, with some degree of probability, that it took place after Absalom's rebellion; and as God himself had settled the succession, he might very properly give her this assurance.

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Adonijah <0138> [Adonijah.]

aware <03045> [thou knowest.]

1 Kings 2:13-25

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Adonijah <0138> [Adonijah.]

visited ......... come <0935> [Comest.]

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know <03045> [Thou knowest.]

Lord <03068> [for it was.]

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refuse ..... Go ahead <06440 07725> [deny me not. Heb. turn not away my face.]

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Abishag <049> [Abishag.]

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That's <02896> [Well.]

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So ............... got up <06965> [rose up.]

sat .................. sat <03427> [she sat.]

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ask ................. ask <07592> [I desire.]

ask ................. ask <07592> [Ask on.]

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Abishag <049> [Let Abishag.]

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request ................ request <07592> [why dost.]

kingdom <04410> [the kingdom.]

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God <0430> [God.]

Adonijah <0138> [if Adonijah.]

We have already seen, that the whole harem of an eastern monarch was a part of the regal succession (See note on 2 Sa 16:23); and it was treason for a subject to claim any wife or virgin who had once formed a part of it. Solomon evidently considered the request of Adonijah in this light; and was convinced that he was still aiming to seize the crown, to which he considered this as one step. But it is very doubtful, how far the plea either of policy or state necessity can justify Solomon in thus embruing his hands in his brother's blood, whatever might have been his treasonable intentions or conduct.

<01696> [spoken.]

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Lord <03068> [as the Lord.]

sit ...... throne <03427 03678> [set me.]

dynasty <06213 01004> [made me.]

promised <01696> [as he promised.]

executed <04191> [put.]

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killed <06293> [he fell.]